[Boatanchors] Old mobile transmitter?

[Al Parker]

Hi Ray,
	I had one!  In 1958, I got one, used, don't remember the source, but 
maybe "Hatry's Electronics" in Hartford.  I installed it in my mother's 
'49 Chevy, and used it a lot in '58-'59, when I was in high school in W. 
Htfd.  IIRC, it had a 2E26 as a final, maybe a buffer after the osc., 
using a 7mc xtal to double twice to get to 28+mc, and a tube for some 
sort of modulation, probably not true plate mod.  There was local mobile 
activity up around 29.2-3 I think.  Quite a lot of local activity, and 
it would get out 30 mi. or so if terrain was right.  It was pretty flat 
around there, some small hills.  I saved and splurged on a Gonset 
Super-6 convertor.
	Yup, carbon mike & dynamotor to run the battery down if you were not in 
motion.
	I don't think Web was in business at that time.
	Now you need a 2-meter repeater to get that kind of coverage and activity.

Al, W8UT
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On 2/21/2019 10:29 AM, Ray LaRue wrote:
> Over 60 years ago my first mobile tx was a cheap kit called a Web 
> Junior.  It was crystal controlled.  I powered it by a WW2 DM-35 
> dynamotor and I used a WW2 like, carbon mike. I had to wait about 2 
> seconds after keying it for the dynamotor to spin up, in order to talk!
> 
> My mentor, Andy Clark, W4IYT, helped me find it and build it up.  I used 
> it with an old Gonset 3-30 converter into my Ford car radio. No receiver 
> bandspred, or noise squelch, just signals and band noise.
> 
> Pretty primitive by today's standards, but it worked and provided a lot 
> of fun on 10 meters.  Even while driving a "stick shift" car.
> 
> I believe Web Electronics was located in Hartford, Conn.
> 
> I wonder if anyone remembers that tx and maybe has some info on it. I 
> haven't been able to find anything about it via the web.  I'd love to 
> find one just for the nostalgia.
> 
> Your attention is appreciated.
> Ray, W4BYG
>